Frederick



(No Model.)

J. H. SHAW.

SEED PLANTER.

Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

In z aniam J6, ZZarne m UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. sHAw, OF BERWIGK, NOVA SOOTIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T Hnvr- SELF, SAMUEL S. YOUNG, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, FREDERICK S. ELLIS, OF VATERVILLE, NOVA SGOTIA, AND JAMES W. YOUNG, OF

SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,460, dated September 21, 1886.

-Application tiled J anuary 28, 1886. Serial No. 190,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SHAW, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Berwick, in the couutyof Kings, Province of Nova Scot-ia, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planters, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved I5 seed-planter; Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal section of the seed hopper and spout, the brush being shown in vertical transverse section in the same view.

Likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of seedplanters which are designed to be operated by hand-power; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as

hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed,

the objectbeing to produce a simpler, cheaper,

and more effective device of this character 0 than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all con.- versant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the beam, B the standards, O the hopper, D the spout, E the wheel, H the roller, and J the pitman. There are two of the standards B, one at either side of the wheel E, and projecting horizon- 0 tally from the lower end of each there is a rigid arm, K; but instead of two standards, onemay be employed by bifurcating or otherwise suitably constructing the same, if preferred.

The hopper G is mounted on the top of the standards, and is secured in position by two cleats, as, one of which is attached to the upper end of either standard. The cleats may, however, be dispensed with and the hopper supported by the standards, if desired.

The spout D is framed rigidly into the arms K and beam A, throughv which it passes, as shown at m, and has its lower end provided with a plow or furrow board, f, its upper end being rigidly secured between the upper ends 5 5 of the standards B, and opening into the hopper 0 diagonally or at an obtuse angle to its bottom, as best seen in Fig. 3.

The forward end of the beam A passes be tween the standards B, and is rigidly secured 6 thereto, said beam being provided with a brace, L, the lower end of which is" secured to the spout D.

Fitted to slide vertically on each of the standards B there is a bar, N, said bars being 6 5 rigidly connected together near their centers by the bolt 1' and stub-beam M. The stubbeam is arranged at a right angle to the bars N, with its forward end disposed between them, the bolt 0' passing through said bars and c beam. The rear end of the stub-beam passes between the standards B, and isprovided with a key-pin, z, for securing the bars N in any desired position on said standards.

The wheel E is journaled on the shaft y in the lower ends of the bars N, said shaft being provided with a crank,"1?.

J ournaled horizontally in the lower part of the hopper 0 there is a shaft, 0, provided around its periphery with a series of brushes, so a, arranged radially at equal distances apart, as best seen in Fig. 3. The shaft 0 projects through one side of the liopper O, and is provided on its outer end with a crank, Q.

A headed stud, b, is secured to one of the standards B, on which the pitman-rod J works, said stud passing through an elongated slot,

2), in said pitman and serving as a fulcrum therefor. The upper end of the pitman-rod J is connected to the'crank Q on the shaft 0 0 by the pin t, and its lower end to the crank l? on the shaft 3 by the pin 70.

Jointed to the rear ends of the arms K at Z there is a frame-work, It, in which the roller .H is journaled on the horizontal shaft (1, said frame-work being adapted to oscillate vertically.

A bottom, w, is fitted into the hopper (),said bottom being provided with a hole, 9, through which the seed passes into the spout D. The bottom 10 is fitted to slidein close contact with the upper end of the spout in such a manner that when the extent the hole 9 will be closed to such an extent by the rear side of the spout at 2' that the seed will not pass through it, and when partially drawn out said hole will be partially opened, thereby utilizing the spout as a gage for regulating the quantity of seed to be dropped.

The rear end of the beam A is rounded to form the hand-piece a, and there is also a handle, W, projecting horizontally from said beam near its rear end.

The wheel E is provided around its periphof radial spurs, h, to prevent cry with a series it from slipping on the ground when the sewer is in use.

By arranging the hopper O at an obtuse angle to the spout D the bottom 10 is caused to incline, as shown in Fig. will fall into the pocket e, formed between the bottom 10 and rear side, j, of the hopper, thereby preventing the seed from passing through the hole 9 accidentally, or except when forced forward intermittently by the brushes a as theshaft O revolves.

The spout D is provided wit-h glazed openings at p p on its rear side, to enable the workman to see the seed as it falls from the hopper through the spout, and thus guard against any defect in the work that might arise from the imperfect operations of the machine.

In the use of my improvement the seed is placed in the hopper O, and the slide 10 properly adjusted. The hand-piece a is then taken in the right hand, and the handle Wgraspedin the left hand, the beam A being depressed in such a manner as to cause the plow or furrowboard on thelower end of the spout D to enter the ground to aproper depth. The planter is then pushed forward, causing the wheel E to rotate in the direction of its arrow, the pitman J to slide and oscillate on the stud b, the brush-shaft O to be revolved .in the direction of its arrow, orin an opposite direction to that of the wheel E, and the seed'to be dropped intermittently or in hills through the spout D in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more explicit description.

slide is pushed in to its fullest 3, so that the seed 5 and a standard or wheel E, standards B,

Asthe plow or furrow-board f on the lower end of the spout D forms the furrow for the seed, the seed will be covered by the earth on either side falling into the furrow as the plow advances in the usual manner, the earth being pressed down onto the seed by the roller H. As the wheel-crank I? is connected direetly with the brush-crank Q by the pitman J, it will be obvious that the shaft 3 must necessarily be nicely adjusted with respect to the shaft 0 to enable said cranks to revolve freely; and hence I journal the wheel E in the bars N, and adj ustabl y secure said bars to the standards B, thereby enabling the shaft 3/ and wheel E to be readily adjusted with respect to the brush-shaft. Any other suitable means may, however, be employed for adj ustabl y mounting the wheel E, if desired.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. In a seed-planter, the combination ofthe following instrumentalities, to wit: a handbeam, aseed-hopper, a rotary brush disposed in said hopper, aseed-spout having its lower end adapted to form a furrow in theground and its upper end connected with said hopper, a roller for pressing the earth down onto the seed, a driving or supporting wheel, a crankshaft for the driving wheel, a crank-shaft for the brush, an oscillating pitman connecting said crank-shafts, a stud or fulcrum for the pitman disposed between said crank-shafts, standards, substantially as set forth.

2. Ina seed-planter, the bars N, provided with the stub-beam M and pin 2, or other suit able means for adjustably mounting the wheel E on the standards B, in combination with the crank-shaft y, pitman J, stud I), crank-shaft O, and hopper (1, substantially as described.

3. The improved seed-planter herein described, the same consisting of the standards B, bars N, stub-beam M, pin z, wheel E, crankshaft 1, pitman J, stud b, crank-shaft 0, brush a,hopper O, beam A, spout D, arms K, framework R, and roller H, constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as described.

JOHN H. SHAW.

I Witnesses: I

O. A. SHAW, L. J. XVHITE. 

